By the time "if_then_else" arrived, The Gathering had already established themselves as pioneers. After the genre-defining atmospheric metal of "Mandylion" (1995) and the experimental "Nighttime Birds" (1997), the band had begun to strip away the heavy distortion in favor of texture, mood, and melody. Their previous outing, the sprawling double-album "How to Measure a Planet?" (1998), had introduced space-rock and shoegaze elements.
As the track "Amity" filled his ears, the train finally pulled into the station. Elias stepped into the carriage, a small piece of "pure emotion" tucked away in his pocket, protected from the rain and the logic of the world outside. if_then_else | The Gathering | Century Media Records the gathering ifthenelse 2000 eacflac
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